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PICTURE PALACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does picture palace mean?
• PICTURE PALACE (noun)
The noun PICTURE PALACE has 1 sense:
1. a theater where films are shown
Familiarity information: PICTURE PALACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A theater where films are shown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cinema; movie house; movie theater; movie theatre; picture palace
Hypernyms ("picture palace" is a kind of...):
house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "picture palace"):
bioscope (a South African movie theater)
fleapit (an old shabby movie theater)
multiplex (a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building)
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